A federal payroll agency was targeted by suspected Chinese hackers who exploited a flaw within SolarWinds software, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing five people familiar with the matter.

The newswire reported that two people briefed on the case said that FBI investigators identified the National Finance Center (NFC), the payroll agency within the Department of Agriculture (USDA), as one of the organizations impacted, potentially putting thousands of government employees at risk.

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A USDA spokesman initially told Reuters that it had “notified all customers (including individuals and organizations) whose data has been affected by the SolarWinds Orion Code Compromise.” In a follow-up statement, the agency said that the NFC was not hacked and that “there was no data breach related to Solar Winds” at the agency.

Read more at The Hill.